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" The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

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" They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. "

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" Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. "

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" A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. "

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" The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. "

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" The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite. "

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" Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. "

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" Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. "

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" The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. "

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